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[QUOTE="UCONNFAN179, post: 5314629, member: 1571"]
I didn't call Reibe a total light weight.  I said (as an 18 year old freshman) he is not currently capable of handling rim protection and rebounding duties vs a big/mature, beefy front line.  I don't think that's a hot take.  Look at his light rebounding numbers and foul issues in many of the recent games..., and that was only vs other 18 year-olds!   It's just not his strong point yet.

Even if Reibe was ready for those matchups, I still find it  strange that we didn't grab another bigger body 5 capable of rim protection and rebounding vs bigger, more muscular players in case of emergency.  There were plenty available. We're already small at the 4.  If Reed misses any time due to injury or foul trouble, which was a regular occurrence last season, we don't really have anyone else to match up with and rebound vs any real muscle down low.

Given our aspirations this year, I'm just saying I am very surprised we didn't add another beefy big.  It looks to be an obvious hole that could/should have been addressed relatively easily...  I'm talking about a player similar to an Okwandu, Wane, etc.  We seem to have adequate depth everywhere else.  Hopefully this will be addressed.
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